Snap-hook



J. H. SMITH.

(No Model.)

SNAP HOOK.

No. 496,012; Patented Apr. 25, 1898.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. SMITH, OF FAIRUl-IILD, WISCONSIN.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,012, dated April 25, 1893.

Application filed February 20,1893. Serial No. 462,958. [No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairchild, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snap -Hooks; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makinga part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a snap-hook to be used on harness or for any other purpose desired, that will be simple in construction, and both strong and durable, and consists in a snap-hook c011- structed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a perspective view of my improved snap-hook, showing a portion of a ring to which the hook is connected; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section thereof. 1

In the accompanying drawings A represents the hook formed at one end with a bifurcated keeper a and at its opposite end with a loop I) and upwardly extending ears 0 to which is pivoted the latch B. The hook above described with its loop and cars is struck up from one and the same piece of metal of sufficient thickness to render the parts strong and durable. The sheet metal blank from which the latch B is formed is so bent at one end as to form an eye (1 through which extends the pin e to pivot the latch to the ears 0. The opposite end of the latch has an extension f and curved guide g which passes down through a guide opening it in the hook A. The curved guide-arm g prevents the latch from moving to either side and keeps the extension fon line with the bifurcated keeper a.

The latch B is strong and may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost as may also the hook A, thus producing a device that can be placed upon the market within the reach of all requiring such an article. A fiat curved spring 0 bears against the under side of the latch B and also against the eye (I, thus forming a compound pressure in an upward direction against the latch, said spring at one end being suitably connected to the loop I) immediately in the eye of the latch. The guide-arm g is curved so as to form a stop to limit the upward movement of the latch B and bring it to the proper position to be on line with the bifurcated keeper 0:.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a snap-hook, a shank having a hook formed with a bifurcated keeper and a loop at its opposite ends, and a guide opening intermediate thereof, in combination with a pivoted latch having an extension to engage with the bifurcated keeper, and a curved arm extending through the opening, and engaging with the front wall of the guide opening and a spring between the shank and latch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereuntosubscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. SMITH.

Witnesses:

R. O. HINE, R. E. ARNOLD. 

